Virgin Trains will NOT compete with regional service
 

I knew about this already, but it suggests 1 of 2 things.

1. Virgin didn't do their market research in Nuneaton

2. They were afraid that the price for being allowed to compete with WSMR from Telford / Shrewsbury would be to allow WSMR to pick up in the West Midlands !

Also, if the proposed Virgin services were on viable paths, then maybe WSMR could run the service instead ! It would probably be quicker than their existing route ...

More here -

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c0fc63c-2...44feabdc0.html

Slightly off-topic, a schoolboy howler -

Q. What is pink and hard in the morning?
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A. The Financial Times crossword!

:D

Whatever the reason, it's got to be a good thing. Outfits like WSMR need encouragement - not being driven out by the big boys. If we have to have a privatised railway, then we must at all costs avoid it being in the hands of just two or three big TOC's.

What's pink & wrinkly & hangs out your underpants?

















Your Mother/Grandmother:p

Nice article in the Observer -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/ap...ham-shropshire

:D

Richard Branson replies -

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle6093519.ece

Still in the news, a nice article in The Guardian -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...pshire-railway